Bahamas Seabirds #2- Frigates

Here are some shots of the big ole' man-o-war frigate birds in action.
The first three shots are of some competion between the frigate and a tern. Tern catches fish, frigate wants fish, frigate gets fish, tern become aggitated and starts attacking the frigate (a bit more funny then anything else). All shot with 400 5.6L. Enjoy

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Excellent series showing the acrobatic skills of both the Frigate and the Tern all captured in action wonderful shots.

Great series of shots. I really like the shots of the black and white birds together. They are difficult shots which were handled well. Nice going!

Excellent series. I was in the Keys last week and saw these birds, but never managed a decent shot.

Nice captures and great series.

Neat series, I believe that is a female frigate and it would hard for any seabird to outfly the frigate. It is interesting that Frigate birds can not swim or land on the water.

Yes it is the female, the males have red inflating throats, and i rarely see them out flying. Yes it is amazing, they just spend all their time gliding harmlessly hundreds of feet in the air, then they fall/dive out of the sky when they see what they want, it is truely a spectacular sight to behold.

I've seen the frigates many times but I've never witnessed them stealing prey, excellent series, well done.

Excellent series that tells a story. Great exposure and action....nice!

Beautiful action shots. Truly amazing. I'd love to see a frigatebird! Your shots are all great, but that first and last are my favorites.

Nice shots of a bird we don't see often on this forum...

1 and 5 are my favorites, so very very sharp. They are wonderful birds, really great.

Regards Darren

The first shot is very, very cool with both birds having their wings spread out the same way.

Excellent series. Love the action.